aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell phone? aflac, but i doubt he'll be using his phone for quite a while cause like i said, he has a fractured beak. [ male announcer ] send the aflac duck a get-well card at getwellduck.com. >>> it is 3:00 p.m. in the east coast, 12:00 p.m. on the west coast. thank you very much for joining us. i'm martin savidge. here are the top stories we're following right now. we start with the flu and new information from the centers for disease control. the cdc says even though 24 states and new york city are now reporting increased flu activity, the spread of the flu appears to be slowing down, at heat of in some areas. it is still a very dangerous situation. 20 young people under 1 have now died from flu-related symptoms. athena jones is live at a flu clinic in falls church, virginia. i guess you're sing a lot of people coming in for flu shots? >> yes, it was really busy earlier today. it's calmed down now. we've spoken to the folks here who say just in the first 12 days of january, they've seen a big